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SINGAPORE: August Media Holdings has secured a licensing agreement with Epigram Books to adapt the kids’ book series Sherlock Sam for film and television.

LONDON: New fashion collections for Warner Bros. Consumer Products’ Looney Tunes are rolling out from international design houses and retailers such as Zara.

CANNES: Justin and his pals use their imaginations to travel around the globe and learn valuable lessons in Justin Time, and Guru Studio is presenting the animated show’s new season, which will become available in 2018.

CANNES: Mondo TV and Aurora World have reported a strong broadcast and licensing response for YooHoo & Friends 3D, the brand-new series based on the YooHoo & Friends line of plush toys made by Aurora World.

CANNES: Aimed at youngsters between the ages of 2 and 6, Kazoops! is an animated show from Cheeky Little Productions that has been a hit on CBeebies in the U.K. and ABC Kids in Australia, and recently launched on Netflix internationally.

CANNES: SVT Sweden and YLE Finland have picked up UYoung and Little Airplane Productions’ animated series P. King Duckling.

CANNES: Canal+’s Laurence Blaevoet, Disney XD’s Marc Buhaj, CBBC’s Sarah Muller and Amazon Studios’ Tara Sorensen weighed in on how to serve kids’ audiences at MIPJunior this morning before each being presented with a World Screen Kids’ Content Trendsetter Award.

NEW YORK: The Thomas & Friends special The Great Race is launching on PBS member stations in the U.S. on October 17, to be followed by a week of all-new episodes from the eighth season of the series on PBS KIDS.

CANNES: Cyber Group Studios is introducing Iqbal, Tale of a Fearless Child, which marks the first animated feature to be distributed by the company.

SEATTLE: Amazon has ordered two new original series, the comedy Little Big Awesome and Ronja the Robber's Daughter, which won an International Emmy Kids Award.